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Spinco L8-55, L8-70M, and L8-80M Ultracentrifuges
- 1978 – 1987
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…
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Coulter Counter Model S-Plus IV Cell Counter
- 1980s
Based on the Coulter principle, the Coulter Counter quantifies and sizes particles suspended in a fluid, like blood cells, bacteria, and a wide variety of other substances. The instrument works by drawing liquid…
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Unidentified man giving a presentation about a Beckman Cl/CO2 Analyzer
- 1975 – 1984
Beckman first marketed a chloride/CO2 analyzer in 1975.
The Beckman chloride/carbon dioxide analyzer was used to measure both gasses in biological fluids like sweat, blood, and spinal fluid.
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Beckman Instruments plant: St. Louis, Missouri
- 1981-Feb
Parking lot and front entrance of the Beckman Instruments, Inc. plant in St. Louis, Missouri during the winter.
- Subject Factories, Buildings, Station wagons, Beckman Instruments, Inc., Snow
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Beckman Model 42 Spectrophotometer
- Circa 1981
First produced in 1981, the Beckman Model 42 Clinical Spectrophotometer incorporated a UV/visible spectrophotometer, a microprocessor, and a printer into one unit.
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Auto Immunochemistry System
- Circa 1980
First produced in 1980, the Beckman Auto ICS (Immunochemistry System) is a fully automated system that measures specific protein concentrations in body fluids. It can be used to monitor the presence and concentration of…
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Beckman L8's: the Ultracentrifuges of the 80's
- 1980s
Advertisement for the L8 Ultracentrifuge, which became one of the workhorse centrifuge models of the 1980s and 1990s.
Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry…
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Congolese postage stamp commemorating Alexander Fleming's Nobel Prize in Medicine
- After 1970 – before 1991
Stamp depicts Alexander Fleming and penicillin.
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German postage stamp commemorating Fritz Haber
- After 1950 – before 1995
Stamp depicts profile of Fritz Haber who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for developing a process to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen gas, which allowed for the large-scale synthesis of…
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Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
- After 1979 – before 2000
Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…
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Portrait of Donald Strauss
- 1980
Donald Strauss was first hired by Beckman Instruments in 1952 as director of employee relations, and he would go on to become vice president of administration before he retired in 1989. He was also mayor of Newport…
- Photographer Laursen, Rene
- Subject Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Portrait of Richard A. Nesbit
- Circa 1981
Head of the Systems Division at Beckman Instruments in the 1960s. The Systems Division designed and manufactured computers and data handling systems. Nesbit went on to become vice president for research and development.
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Completion of first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees who worked on the LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a…
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El Salvador kidnapping task force with ransom suitcase
- 1981-Nov-20
Beckman Instruments had a subsidiary company and manufacturing plant called Aplar in El Salvador. In 1979 the country was on the brink of a civil war that would ultimately span three decades. On September 21, 1979, the…
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Completion of the first Beckman LS 9800 liquid scintillation instrument
- 1981-Oct
Unidentified Beckman Instruments employees with a LS 9800 liquid scintillation counter. Liquid scintillation counters measure the radioactivity of a sample by mixing the sample with a solvent containing a scintillator,…
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Beckman Instruments Board of Directors
- 1982
Image includes: Arnold Beckman (center, seated); Dr. William F. Ballhaus Sr. (standing); Harry Gray (far right). The other men in this photograph are unidentified.
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman with unidentified people at a Beckman Instruments location in China
- 1981
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., China, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman with unidenified men at the Penn Chemicals B.V. plant in Cork, Ireland
- 1982
Dr. Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) invented the first commercially successful electric pH meter in 1934 and thus began a long career manufacturing scientific and medical instruments with National Technical Laboratories,…
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Molecular Model Set for General Chemistry
- 1980s
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are used to visualize the structure of chemical substances.
- Manufacturer Allyn and Bacon
- Subject Molecules--Models
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HGS General Chemistry Molecular Model Set
- 1985 – 1989
Transparent plastic container with five interior compartments for multicolored plastic pieces. Instruction manual included.
Models kits, such as this one, are often found in laboratories and classrooms and are used to…
- Manufacturer Benjamin / Maruzen
- Subject Molecules--Models
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Arnold O. Beckman and William Hewlett
- 1985
Dr. Beckman and Dr. Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, converse at dinner preceding Stanford Symposium that marked Beckman's 50th Anniversary. According to a caption on the back of this photograph, Hewlett,…
- Photographer Robert A. Isaacs Photography
- Subject Beckman, Arnold O., Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett, William R.
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Beckman Model 942 pH Monitor
- Circa 1980
Arnold Beckman invented his first pH meter in 1934 at the request of a chemist from the California citrus industry, who needed an accurate way to measure the acidity of his product. The resulting instrument kicked off…